Dr. Mark Pewe, age 56 of Bottineau, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015 at St Andrews Hospital in Bottineau.
A memorial service for Mark was held on Friday, July 10, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the United Parish in Bottineau.

Officiating at the service was the Reverend Deborah Burger-Peery.

LeAnn Bremner was the organist and Leo Jostad was the soloist.

Dr. Mark Pewe, a son of Wayne and Marlene (McConnell) Pewe, was born on September 30, 1958 in Bottineau. He was raised in Bottineau and graduated from Bottineau High School in 1976. He then attended NDSU-Bottineau for 2 years and then attended the National College of Chiropractic in Lombard, IL. He earned a BS in Human Biology and then his doctorate in Chiropractic in 1982. He then returned to Bottineau and began working with his father at Chiropractic Arts. On April 28, 1990, he married Melanie Herigstad in Mohall. Mark continued his education and became a Diplomat of the American Board of Chiropractic Orthopedics.

He was a member of the United Parish in Bottineau where he served on church council. He also served on the North Dakota Chiropractic Association and the American Chiropractic Association, the Metigoshe Improvement Association, the Bottineau School Board, Bottineau Jaycees, and he also volunteered with the Bottineau Dive Rescue and the Club de Skinautique, as well as other organizations over the years.

Mark is survived by his wife, Melanie, of Bottineau; daughter, Marissa (Daniel) Deslauriers of Deloraine, MB; sons, Logan, Braden, and Nolan, all of Bottineau; father, Dr. Wayne Pewe of Bottineau; sisters, Lori Schmidt and Lisa Vad of Bottineau; and several nieces and nephews.

There will be a memorial service Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Lutheran Church, 507 Costello St, Maxbass, ND. Meet and greet is held at 2:00 p.m., memorial service at 3:00 p.m., with a reception to follow the service.

Chester was born to Minnick and Gussty (Lewison) Fossum in rural Maxbass, ND, on July 9, 1928. He married Loretta Herviean Hunt in “The Little Brown Church in the Vale”, in Nashua, Iowa, on November 2, 1950. After their marriage, Chester continued his responsibilities of farming the family farm near Maxbass, ND until 1967, at which time he and his family moved to Minot, ND. Chester and Loretta moved to Williston, ND in 1980. They moved to Beacon Hill Senior Living in Minnetonka, MN in 2012.

As a young man, he was involved in many civic organizations and remained current and enjoyed discussing these topics through his entire life. He was a member of the Maxbass School Board from 1955 to 1967, ten years in the capacity of Chairman, during which time he coordinated the building of the new Maxbass Public School. He was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1958 and served 10 years, with his last terms representing the Republican Party as the Minority Floor Leader in the State House of Representatives. He was elected to the City Council of Williston, ND in 1984, and served as Mayor of Williston from 1986 to 1990, during a difficult time of re-organizing city infrastructure after an oil boom period.
At the age of sixty-four, Chester was able to fulfill a life long dream of completing his college degree in 1992 when he graduated from the University of North Dakota in Williston with an Associate Degree. He had started college 44 years earlier and completed one semester at Minot State College, before returning to operate the family farm upon the death of his father.

Chester’s working years included a variety of occupations. Farming was his original passion where he helped pioneer soil conservation/irrigation strategies through the Bottineau County Extension Agents Office and planted over 30 miles of One Row Shelter Belts on the family farm. He was a business owner of a Ford Implement Dealership in Minot and a Skelly Truck Stop in Williston. During his later years, he held multiple sales positions where he sold heavy equipment, oil field supplies, and fleet maintenance services. Throughout his entire life…a crisp discussion of Current Events, Local Government, and National Politics were his favorite conversational topics. He remained committed to a life of learning and pioneering new ideas until his last days. His constant influence of self-improvement and continued education were an influence to not only his immediate family but also for many others that he came in contact with.

Surrounded by his loving family, Arnold Joseph Brilz, 84, formerly of Mohall and Minot, ND, left this world from the Highmore Healthcare Facility in Highmore, South Dakota on Friday, March 6, 2015 to join his Heavenly Father.

Phyllis Richardson, 82, Minot, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 11, 2015, surrounded by her loving family in her daughter’s home in Minot.